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Woodturners honor youngest member
Robin Gardner / rgardner@independenttribune.com
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Published: October 22, 2009
She is only 12 years old, but Teri Pribble already has a year under her belt as a woodturner, and Tuesday evening at the Historic Cabarrus County Courthouse, she received the Woodturning Journeyman Certificate Phase Two, from the American Association of Woodturners.
The monthly meeting, which included a demonstration from furniture maker and woodturner Megan Caine, honored Pribble with her certificate.
Another girl, 11-year-old Sierra Post, was awarded a Phase One certificate by turning a honeydipper, but she was unable to attend the meeting.
In the audience were other members of the Southern Piedmont Woodturners, who cheered her accomplishment.
To receive this certificate Pribble made among other things a honeydipper, a lidded box, and a bowl.
Mentored by Jerry Measimer, president of the SPW, Pribble loves her newly-discovered hobby.
Her mother, who is a sketch artist, and Pribble, witnessed some woodturners applying their craft at an antique fair in Albemarle.
"I said, 'you know what, I want to do this,'" Pribble said.
Already into art, Pribble was fascinated by the craft.
There were so many things that could be done with wood.
"It's like you can do anything. It's a piece of wood, so if you mess up, it's not that big of a deal. It's just fun," Pribble said.
The older more experienced woodturners, who are helping to train the young girl, are careful to caution her around the big saws and sharp equipment that create the beautiful wood pieces.
Safety is most important.
Currently, she is working on a pepper mill, but she has a dream piece she'd like to create.
"I'd like to make a kaleidoscope. I didn't know they were made out of wood. So I'd really like to make one of those," Pribble said.
The group would like to get out more into the community for demonstrations, and raffled off five wooden cowboy hats at the Cabarrus County Fair. They raised $1,244 at the fair. The winners were at the meeting to collect the hats.
"We have tools we'd like to take out to fairs, schools and Boy Scouts. We'd like to teach kids, and others, how to do this. That's why we are trying to raise money," SPW Board Member and Coordinator Scott Turner said.
For more information about the SPW, visit www.spwoodturners.org
• Contact reporter Robin L. Gardner: 704-789-9140
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